Our bartender was a crony of a member of the board and cronyism is part of the broad base of corruption.Political corruption includes bribery, cronyis.... kleptocracy. The economics of corruption include electoral fraud, legal plunder, nepotism, slush funds and political scandal.New Zealand ranks second in governmental corruption. Only Australia is ahead. The things the Australians do to the native population... One thing to remember is that writing leaves a traceable trail. Our bartender was. I finally stopped her.”“What’s she talking about?” Becky asked, worry filling her pretty but bruised features.“No idea,” Shelly shook her head. She bent over Jessica and lightly slapped her. “Come on! We need to go.”Jessica’s eyes focused on her. The woman’s hair had returned to its normal jet black color, though Shelly thought she noticed fangs before her girlfriend nodded and got to her feet.Shelly found her shirt, or what was left of it. It was torn up, but covered the important bits. The. He was really hairy, and he had obviously just taken a bath. His hair and some of his chest were still wet.Gayathri exclaimed, “Sriram you will catch a cold! ennappa,ippadi pannraellaey, nokku indha oor weatherapatthee theriyaadhu” (why are you doing like this, you don’t know about this city’s weather)She took a towel and went near him and started wiping his head.“You really don’t know how to use a towel, do you? Nokku towella kooda use panna theriyalaey. Uungaathulaey,idhayellam. Wilde had declared off limits. Victoria, however, had given Bridget special permission to enter. She'd also told Bridget what could be found in there and where. Bridget needed a chair to reach the wooden box on top of the large cabinet. Kneeling down and placing the box at Nadine's feet, Bridget opened it."What do you think?"Nadine's eyes went wide.Allie stretched a full body stretch as she awoke. According to the clock, she'd been out about 75 minutes, and she felt 1000% better. She hadn't.